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½ gr. dark orange, plate I, Naples paper, horizontal pair, fresh colour and large margins with full dividing lines, neatly cancelled on piece, very fine. Certificate Enzo Diena (1987) (Sassone 1e)
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5 gr. vermilion rose, plate I, beautiful fresh shade and nice large margins, lightly cancelled. A beautiful copy of this rare stamp. Certificate Sorani (2008) (Sassone 9e)
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½ gr. orange, plate I, Palermo paper, upper right sheet corner with large margins, beautiful fresh colour, for fresh original gum with hinge remainders in the upper margin only. Extremely fine and choice. (Sassone 1)
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2 gr. blue, plate III, horizontal strip of 5, fresh colour and good to large margins, showing almost complete dividing lines on all sites, lightly used on piece. A rare and very fine strip. Certificates Colla (1990) and Vacari (1998) (Sassone 8)
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50 gr. violet brown (lacca bruno scuro violaceo), beautiful deep shade and good to very large margins, part of sheet margin at bottom, neatly cancelled. A beautiful and superb copy of this rare shade. Certificates Sorani (1998) and Raybaudi (2009) (Sassone 14b)
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1 gr. olive green, plate III, horizontal strip of three, with 2 gr. bright blue, plate III, horizontal pair, all in fresh colour and with good to mostly large margins, 2 gr. with small sheet margin at top, tied to insured letter sheet with adjacent oval "LICATA" to Catania with frontside "PALERMO ARRIVO 14 NOV. 59". A very fine and rare letter with most unusual franking. Signed Raybaudi and Enzo Diena, each with certificate (1985) (Sassone 5d,8)
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5 gr. carmine rose, plate I, and 1 gr. brown olive, plate II, fresh colour and with good to mostly large margins, tied to small entire letter with adjacent oval "NOTO" to Palermo with arrival mark of 21.3.1859 on front. A very fine and scarce franking. Certificate Diena (2015) (Sassone 9,4b)
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½ gr. orange, plate I, Naples paper, first printing (tiratura antica), nice fresh colour and large even margins, lightly cancelled on small piece, extremely fine. Signed Enzo Diena with certificate (1977) and certificate Giulio Bolaffi (1977) (Sassone 1a)
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5 gr. dark carmine, plate I, nice deep colour and good to large margins, canceled by clear central strike of boxed "ANNULATO" of Naples, which was used on uncancelled stamps on incoming mail to Naples from May 1858 till October 1860. A beautiful and very rare stamp; just 3 further stamps of Sicily have been recorded with this cancellation. Signed Alberto Diena and Colla with certificate (2011)
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1859, ½ gr. orange, plate I, Palermo paper, beautiful fresh colour and even large margins, lightly cancelled, superb. Certificate Sorani (2007) (Sassone 1)
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